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Why is everyone taking personal offense to Juneteenth? Can’t we all just agree that it’s something that should be celebrated and not make it all about ourselves?
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Anonymous 13w

Wtf is juneteenth and whos taking it personally

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Anonymous 13w

Who’s taking personal offense…..

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Anonymous 13w

My family and I have been celebrating long before the government decided to recognize it 🤷🏾‍♀️

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Anonymous 13w

literally no one is taking offfense to juneteenth -a black woman

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Anonymous 13w

People that get offended by others celebrating Juneteenth are the reason why we need to continue celebrating it.

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Anonymous 13w

I thought about it theres nothing better it celebrate. We are celebrating liberation of the country with expanded freedoms and liberties. We are still stamping out the shitty white culture brought from Europe in 1620.

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Anonymous 13w

the only people taking personal offense to this are racists. hope that helps.

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Anonymous 13w

Those who take offence to it deserve to be offended and eat bricks.

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Anonymous 13w

God Bless America!🦅🇺🇸also people getting mad is SUCH a self report! Beta behavior tbh🗿don’t be racist, be sigma

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Anonymous 13w

I’m just disappointed that it’s a holiday that everyone celebrates now. It used to be Black block parties and now Walmart is selling Juneteenth ice cream and non blacks are gentrifying it. Something’s need to be gatekept much better

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Anonymous 13w

Yeah ngl if someone’s offended by that, I wouldn’t associate with them. They’re too stupid.

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Anonymous 13w

Never heard of it. Had to look it up for this post. I worked today.

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Anonymous 13w

Tbh this country has far too many holidays imo. Not saying this one is any more or less important but as a whole? Seems like every other Monday is some holiday that no one really cares about beyond getting a free day off. Soon we’ll be celebrating Celery Day. Not saying this one isnt a good thing, just thinking there are too many overall.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

anniversary of the emancipation of slaves and ppl who take it personally are usually ✨racists ✨

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

OOOOH THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT DATE!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

SEE YOU GET IT

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

I have seen people take it personally and it’s annoying. It’s good that you haven’t experienced the same thing, but it doesn’t mean that nobody has

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

YES! I actually had no idea and was nervous af it was a white holiday. I am definitely doing some research!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

Descendants of Confederates (Losers)

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

ignorant ass statement

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 13w

I mean some holidays are definitely more important than others. It makes a lot more sense to point that out on national cheese day or something like that than it does to point it out on the day we celebrate the freedom of millions

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

yes, but actually, the last slaves weren’t free until June 19 despite the emancipation proclamation happening pretty far before that that’s what Juneteenth is celebrating

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 13w

Literally

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 13w

This is so cool to know!

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Anonymous replying to -> #16 13w

!!!!!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 13w

I think it helps when you take into account that this was a day celebrated before the government decided to recognize it. Like it didn’t pop up out of nowhere, but when the government recognizes it — ofc companies and such are gonna commercialize it some kind of way

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

Why does it have to be exclusive? White and black culture can coexist

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Please tell me, what is “white culture”?

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

The south gets called racist a lot but it’s actually a great example of white and black culture blending over time

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Well you’ve got the different styles of cookouts, different styles of art, classical music (although I’d say that’s mostly older since modern is inspired by a wide mix of cultures and not just European,,the tradition of hunting trips in some more rural areas (I’m sure there’s non white people who do this too but I’ve seen a lot more white people do it than not), different hairstyles and clothing styles, etc

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Everyone has a culture lmao it’s ignorant to pretend like anyone doesn’t

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Oh and the different styles of theater and the ways stories were told. Shakespeare and that area of Europe at the time were most definitely very white 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Any objections to anything I listed?

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

I’m gonna make this a list just so it’s easier Classical music -> European culture Hunting trips -> (rural) American culture Hairstyles -> Derived from different European cultures Clothing -> show me something unique to white people en masse then tell me how it’s not American culture Shakespeare -> European

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Ok so you’re just completely ignorant got it. Have a nice night

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Black culture exists because black people were forced to live their lives a certain way due to the color of their skin. They had to create new traditions as their old ones were stolen from them, circling around the color of their skin. That was forced upon them and thus created “black culture”. What cultural phenomenon exists across all white people, that can be considered white culture? That isn’t purely just American culture?

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

I don’t have time to converse with a bigot who doesn’t realize what they are

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

LMAO you asked me to respond with objections then got butthurt??

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Lmao imagine thinking black culture only started existing with slavery. That’s honestly more racist than a lot of other stuff I’ve seen people say 💀 black people didn’t need slavery for their culture to become a culture

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w
post
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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Easy. Black culture is unique and broad and rooted in traditions made anew from what remained after bitches tried to steal *everything* White culture is stealing and pretending they invented it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Bro.. black people only got this designation because of slavery. If it wasn’t a thing, they would have their AFRICAN culture from their various countries of origin

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

You’re so funny

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Dawg it has nothing to do with racism you can save your folder of buzzword posters for another dumber person who will curse at you and make you feel good instead of presenting a valid point. EVERY human on earth has a culture tied to their origins. Denying that is pure ignorance

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 13w

That’s mostly just Britain and France ngl they kinda steal everything lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Yeah, and white people’s origins are from European countries that they very easily trace back. Black people don’t get that luxury. That’s why it’s black culture

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

British museum being exhibit A

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Black culture doesn’t just include remnants from African cultures because not all Black people are from Africa. Slavery wasn’t the only attempt to deny cultural connection but it was quite a large push. We still have Black culture being ignored and appropriated.

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

So because it exists, it doesn’t exist? What you’re saying makes no sense. Whether someone can trace their ancestry or not doesn’t define whether or not they have culture lol. It’s so much more nuanced than saying something is just “black culture”, “European culture”, or “American culture”. There’s HUNDREDS of groups in regional areas with very distinct culture. Hell, every major city in the US and even every state or county has its own culture sometimes

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 13w

Dates wipe their ass with meaning look at Christmas… its about the holiday and celebration idiot

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 13w

True, more than just Africa, but even then, black culture very much the result of black people in America being treated in the exact same shitty ways regardless of where they came from. That’s why I make it a point to say they’re not really the same. It started when they came over as slaves, and continued to take form by the terrible conditions they were subjected to from then onward

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 13w

Idk if you’re meaning to reply to me instead of 18 but yeah that’s very true. That’s why I’m trying to say it’s not so simple to say only one group has culture and that it only comes from one origin point

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

And nobody is disagreeing with that

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Oooooooo who gon tell him.

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Idek what you disagree with me on at this point. I don’t even know if you know what you disagree with me on lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Never thought “everyone has culture and it’s bad to try to isolate and put down any one group” would be a controversial take

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

It’s not being put down to say that your culture stems from your heritage, not the color of your skin. Chill out brother

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

All that yapping for you to agree with me brother what

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Maybe if white people were forced to live a certain way because they’re white, I’d be inclined to agree with you, but that’s not the case

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Nah, not agreeing with you at all. Black culture exists because black people were forced to live and create a culture based on no commonalities other than the color of their skin. If white people had that, there’d be white culture. There is not

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

It absolutely does relate to racism. Black culture exists *despite* racism and the attempts to take everything from them. I don’t have hardly any access to my Native ancestry because of, you guessed it, racism. I’m lucky I even know about it. I have that fortune. Very few people do. Black people have had that taken from them for centuries.

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Well yeah black culture in the US developed due to slavery. Just because a culture didn’t form out of slavery doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist that just doesn’t make sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 13w

That’s very true. That doesn’t mean cultures that aren’t black don’t exist

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Still haven’t been able to give a single instance of white people having a shared cultural aspect based on/due to the color of their skin btw

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

All I’m sayin is that every culture can exist at once, and that literally everyone on earth has a culture related to their skin, heritage, etc. I don’t understand how that’s controversial

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

They do exist. Nobody said there aren’t other cultures lmao. You’re getting upset and starting to strawman

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

How am I strawmanning? You said “give me examples of white culture” when I said “white and black culture can coexist”. I gave you some examples. Then you go off saying I’m trying to put down black culture and deny its roots by saying that. You’re putting words in my mouth

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 13w

If you’ve read anything I’ve said you’d realize I agree with every part of this

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Dawg there’s white culture just like there’s Hispanic, Asian, etc cultures too. Everyone has a culture

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

You can’t say “they do exist” then say “no it doesn’t”

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Except your answers weren’t white culture. I never said once that you were putting down black culture. Screenshot me saying it bc you’re being delusional

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

I don’t know why it’s so hard for you to understand that European culture exists, but white culture does not

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Explain to me how it’s not white culture. The people I listed were white, created by white people in regions inhabited by white people, and white people continue to partake in those activities more than every other group. How is that not white culture? That’s like saying black culture isn’t black because people who aren’t black try to partake in it too

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

So, in case you didn’t know this about Hispanic and Asian people, they don’t all share a culture. There are some overlaps, but their cultures are heavily tied to their nations of origin, and not the fact that they are Asian or Hispanic itself.

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

What race were Europeans?

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

White. And you see German culture, French culture, English culture, Italian culture, Spanish culture, etc. not white culture

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Yes brother of course they don’t all share one culture but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. This example is kinda silly but I’m gonna make it anyway. You know how people say white people are bad at seasoning food? Technically that’s white culture. Asian kids joking about (or not 💀) being beat with a spatula or having a shoe thrown at them by their moms? Technically Asian culture since it’s a commonly shared experience. Same with black culture. Slavery was unfortunately a commonly share-

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

-shared experience that led to black culture developing into what it is today. The same thing can be said about what white people experience too even though yes they are fortunate that it wasn’t from slavery. Any commonly shared custom or experience is what creates a culture. That’s literally the definition of it. If you disagree with that idk what else to tell you since you’re arguing with the literal dictionary definition of what culture is

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

Read that first word again

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

I am driving because unfortunately, I have a life outside of this app, but I’ll pray for you

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Anonymous replying to -> #18 13w

I’m also about to eat dinner, but I wish you the best as well. Safe travels, there’s some crazy drivers out in the world unfortunately 🙏

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

Completely off topic but the driving test needs to be harder 💀 I know someone who ran a red light and passed

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 13w

It’s a state by state thing but man do some states (including mine) do a bad job

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Anonymous 13w

Keep coping 😊

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Anonymous replying to -> #22 13w

ngl, when i read your first sentence i thought you were white and about to say something incredibly racist lol. but i see your point. didn’t think about it this way before but it makes a lot of sense. seems a lot like rainbow capitalism or stupid corporate girlboss feminism.

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Anonymous replying to -> #24 13w

can i be a secret third thing unrelated to the manosphere? like a Spice Girl or an astronaut or the first woman president? but otherwise go tf OFF and GOD BLESS TRUE FREEDOM FOR ALL

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Anonymous replying to -> #23 13w

Yeah fuck it! I love the spice girls! Rock on!🤘 🎸

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